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The best food pairings for orange wines

More and more people have been drinking orange or amber wine but what’s the best kind of food to pair with it? In this post, I’ll guide you through the best food pairings for orange wines, drawn from my own experiences and tastings.

What is Orange Wine?

Orange wines, as you may know, are made from grapes that normally produce white wine but get their distinctive colour from leaving the juice in contact with the skins in the same way you do with a red. The flavour depends mainly on how aromatic the grape variety is in the first place (pinot gris and malvasia both make a fragrant style of orange wine, for example) and how long the juice remains in contact with the skins: the longer the darker, more tannic and more intense it will be.

There’s often a flavour of quince about an orange wine which to me makes them a natural match for eastern Mediterranean and middle-eastern, especially Georgian, food. (Many of them are, of course, produced in Georgia.)

Here are the ingredients and types of dishes I think pair with orange wine best - many of which often appear in conjunction with each other.

Foods that pair well with orange wines

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Comments: 3 (Add)

Steven Lee on June 30 2024 at 18:00

Thai food has quite a few dishes that pair well with orange wines.

David Natt on September 28 2022 at 18:02

KT Jones Orange Macabeu with paella (chicken, prawns, garlic, chilli...) Magic combination.

Carolyn on December 23 2020 at 14:21

Thanks for the great post! I love reading about these food and wine pairing. (But.. can we all just call it Amber wine?)

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